Impact Evaluation of Small and Medium Enterprise Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gladys López-Acevedo And Hong W. Tan

Description

Small and medium enterprise (SME) support programs are a common feature of industrial policy in developing countries, but one whose effectiveness is not well known. Governments are motivated to support SMEs both because they make up the majority of industrial enterprises and contribute substantially to GDP, employment and earnings, and because SMEs are thought to be weaker than their larger counterparts. Few governments, however, have evaluated their SME programs rigorously so there is little empirical basis for rational allocation of resources to the well performing programs. The paucity of empirical evidence from rigorous impact evaluations also presents problems for multi-lateral and bilateral donors in deciding whether or not to provide lending or aid for such policy interventions to promote SME development.
This study rigorously evaluate SME programs in four Latin American countries to gain insights into which programs perform better than others, and just as important, why. These countries - Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru - cover a wide range of enterprise support programs, including training, innovation and technology upgrading, quality control, market development, export promotion and network formation. Broadly comparable panel data on enterprises is used to investigate the net impacts of these SME interventions.

Sujets

• Scientific control
• Counterfactual
• Flexibility
• Impact evaluation
• Income
• Instrumental variable
• Poverty reduction
• Industry
• Private sector development

Informations

• Publié par: world-bank-publications
• Publié le: 29 avril 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 61
• EAN13: 9780821387764
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Impact
Evaluation
of Small and Medium
Enterprise Programs
in Latin America and the Caribbean
Editors
Gladys López-Acevedo
Hong W. TanImpact
Evaluation
of Small and Medium
Enterprise Programs
in Latin America and the CaribbeanImpact
Evaluation
of Small and Medium
Enterprise Programs
in Latin America and the Caribbean
Editors
Gladys López-Acevedo
Hong W. Tan© 2011 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
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ISBN: 978-0-8213-8775-7
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DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8775-7
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data have been requested.Contents
Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................................... xi
Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................ xii
CHAPTER 1
Motivation, Methodology and Main Findings ............................................................................................. 1
Motivation for the Study ................................................................................................................................................... 1
The Impact Evaluation Challenge ...... 2
Review of Recent Literature .............................................................................................................................................. 5
The Four Country Studies 6
The Non-Experimental Data ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Analytical Approach........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Overview of Cross-Country Results ................................................................................................................................. 8
Concluding Remarks ........................................................................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 2
A Review of Recent SME Program Impact Evaluation Studies ................................................................ 13
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Studies Selected for Review ............................................................................................................................................14
Enterprise Support Programs Studied ............................................................................................................................14
Non-Experimental Data Used ..........................................................................................................................................14
Analytic Approaches and Main Findings ...................................................................................................................... 18
Selected References ..................................................................................................................................... 19
ANNEX
Summary of Individual Studies ................................................................................................................... 21
CHAPTER 3
Evaluating SME Support Programs in Chile .............................................................................................. 33
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 33
2. Overview of SME Programs in Chile .......................................................................................................................... 34
3. The Chile Data ............................................................................................................................................................. 37
4. Empirical Approach and Initial Findings .................................................................................................................... 43
5. Estimating Program Impacts Using the ICS-ENIA Panel .......................................................................................... 48
6. Summary and Concluding Remarks ............................. 55
CHAPTER 4
Evaluating SME Support Programs in Colombia ....................................................................................... 57
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 57
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2. Support Policies for SMEs in Colombia ..................................................................................................................... 58
3. Past Impact Evaluations of FOMIPYME ..................................................................................................................... 60
4. Data Used in the Evaluation ....................................................................................................................................... 61
5. Methodology ................................................................................................................................................................ 65
6. Estimation and Results ................................................................................................................................................ 67
7. Conclusions ...................................................76
Annex 4.1 Telephone Survey Questionnaire ............................................................................................... 77
Annex 4.2 Tey Results .......................................................................................................... 78
CHAPTER 5
Evaluating SME Support Programs in Mexico ........................................................................................... 81
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 81
2. SME Programs .............................................. 82
3. Past Evaluations ........................................................................................................................................................... 89
4. Data ............................................................................................................................................................................... 92
5. Model ............................................................................................................................................................................ 96
6. Results .................................................................................................................... 99
7. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................................... 100
ANNEX 5.1 Estimates of Program Impacts in Mexico ............................................................................ 102
CHAPTER 6
Evaluating SME Support Programs in Peru ...................................................................................